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AS HORRIFIC AS IT IS TO BE KILLED IN BATTLE – add the further irony of being killed in a battle two weeks after a PEACE treaty had been signed. This was indeed the case for those who fell at the Battle of New Orleans, during the War of 1812.
Just under 4000 Americans ferociously engaged and eventually defeated a British force over twice their number (over 9000 men). Though it cannot be considered a major battle in comparison to other engagements of the era, it was the biggest of the War of 1812. Although it did little to alter the settlement of the conflict, it certainly helped to solidify America's status as a sovereign nation. Andrew Jackson emerged a national hero, eventually becoming the seventh president of the United States.
Small engagement or not, the prolonged five-week battle did cost the lives of 386 British soldiers and 5? (A) Americans. Among the British dead were two of their four commanding generals (another was gravely wounded). The battle started on the night of 23 Dec 181? (B), when Andrew Jackson, the American commander, attacked the encamped, British vanguard. Though this opening skirmish was considered a 'tactical draw,' it did demonstrate to the invading British forces that their American enemy was more resolved to fight than they had expected.
The next day, in the city of Ghent (now in Belgium), negotiations that had dragged on and on since August, finally resulted in a signed peace treaty between the British Kingdom and the United States, officially ending the war.
Unaware of this, the British and Americans continued to face off, just south of the city of New Orleans. In the early, pre-dawn fog of 8 Jan 18?5 (E), the British attacked the American defenses in force. In the space of twenty-five minutes, the British lost 70? (C) killed, 1400 wounded and 500 prisoners, a total loss of twenty-six hundred men; American losses were only ? (F) killed and ?+3 (D) wounded.
KEY: N 47 B C . B E D W 122 E A . D F B
All the required information can be obtained at the linked Wikipedia page, 'the Battle of New Orleans.'
FTF Goes to _Shaddow_ and DrTusk! Good job!